Eight women and three children die in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food and cash distribution centre in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi.
abc.net.au/news/deadly-stampede-at-ramadan-food-distribution-centre-pakistan/102175500At least 11 women and children have been killed in a deadly stampede at a Ramadan food and cash distribution centre in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, police and rescue officials say, as the country struggles with surging food prices.
As the stampede began, some women and children fell into an open drain, local police official Mughees Hashmi said.Residents said a wall also collapsed near the drain, injuring and killing people.Mr Hashmi said eight women and three children died and left several injured. "There were hundreds of women in the street, the factory staff was allowing only a few of them at a time to collect rations," she said.Ms Khursheed, who had bruises, said that as the crowd swelled, a water pipe burst.
Murad Ali Shah, the top elected official in the Sindh, has ordered an investigation into the deadly stampede that resulted.
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